First-Year Internship—And You Went to Site 749 to Contain Monsters?!-Chapter 838: Could Master Lu Please Teach Anning a Lesson Again?

Han Yu took the documents and flipped through them, his expression gradually growing heavy.

During his silence.

Lu Ding looked down below.

His tone was calm, his voice not loud, but with a single word that landed with a resounding thud: "Kill!"

The executioner's blade fell, heads rolled.

Under the setting sun, the color of blood was made to appear so glaringly bright.

Han Yu's hand holding the documents began to tremble.

Many of these people... their crimes did not deserve death...

Lu Ding turned his head to look at him: "No matter what it was like before, or what it will be like after, at least now that I'm here, my rules are the rules."

Han Yu's feelings were very complex, even somewhat painful, but when he thought of Master Lu, a phrase involuntarily surfaced in his heart: sometimes, bloodshed is inevitable. The world doesn't have that many 'shoulds' or 'shouldn'ts'.

He took a breath to adjust his emotions.

"Understood, Grand Duke Lu."

Seeing that it was getting late, and having passed through Tianshun Prefecture and Clear Bright Lake consecutively, Lu Ding felt resting for a night wouldn't hurt.

After all, the upcoming Four Dukes Mountain was the big one, the final push.

With the commotion caused at Tianshun Prefecture and Clear Bright Lake being so huge, the difficulty of the final Four Dukes Mountain would likely skyrocket.

Thinking of this, a smile spread across Lu Ding's face. How truly exciting.

At that moment.

An investigator walked over, whispering something to Fu Xinghe.

Who then relayed it to Lu Ding: "Brother Lu, a princess claiming to be the daughter of Prince Zhao is putting on airs wanting to see you. She also says she brought a gift."

The daughter of Prince Zhao, wanting to see him?

"She's got quite the nerve."

Doesn't she know what position I'm in now?

Lu Ding said casually.

Fu Xinghe, like pouring beans from a bamboo tube, laid out everything about An Ning's identity and her personality, etc.

After listening, Lu Ding thought, so this is a truly spoiled and unreasonable 'princess'.

But to put on airs in front of him...

She must be a bit out of her mind.

"Then let's go. Let's see if the gift she brought is sincere enough."

If she dares to show attitude with him, princess or not, it doesn't matter.

The two left.

Han Yu still wanted to follow along, but unexpectedly, Lu Ding spoke up to stop him: "No need for you to run around. Stay here and collect the bodies. After all, they are your Listening Rain Pavilion people."

Han Yu stopped in his tracks: "Thank you."

He watched as Lu Ding walked away.

At the same time.

On the other side.

In the Listening Rain Pavilion's reception hall.

An Ning and that Yellow Heaven Sect Holy Maiden waited quietly within.

Looking at the perfectly composed princess.

The Yellow Heaven Sect Holy Maiden's heart, which had leapt to her throat, never settled back down.

Having just witnessed with her own eyes Lu Ding forcing Lu Feng to reveal all his trump cards, she once again felt grateful she hadn't rashly agreed to help Ning Xiaofan deal with Lu Ding.

Otherwise.

With such an exaggerated level of combat power, how many Yellow Heaven Sect disciples would have been lost?

With no Spirit Refinement cultivators appearing, who could contend with him?

To have such combat power at the Fifth Restriction cultivation level completely refreshed the Yellow Heaven Sect Holy Maiden's worldview.

But there was one thing she didn't understand.

That was why An Ning was so calm.

On what basis?

Even if her father, the Martial Prince, came and personally faced Lu Ding, he probably couldn't be this confident, right?

After all, the other party still holds the identity of a Great Han special envoy.

Now, openly and covertly, he's also opposing Great Jing.

And An Ning's current behavior completely didn't match her usual consistently spoiled and unreasonable style.

So abnormal.

It made the Yellow Heaven Sect Holy Maiden's heart grow suspicious involuntarily.

Before she could ask.

They heard a call: "Grand Duke Lu has arrived."

Fu Xinghe announced it.

Getting better and better at reading the situation.

The black wide-swinging robe fluttered as a figure floated three inches off the ground, arriving through the air.

An Ning stood up, her face and bearing showing not a trace of her former self. As she passed by the Yellow Heaven Sect Holy Maiden, she gave a slight smile, the feeling was, 'I stand before you now, how much do I resemble my former self?'

Oh no!!

Something bad is going to happen!!!

An Ning stepped forward and bowed: "An Ning pays her respects to Grand Duke Lu."

Lu Ding looked at Fu Xinghe, the two having a silent conversation with their eyes.

'So polite? You said she was spoiled and unreasonable?' 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

'The information from the White Eagle side said so, and each incident listed indicates she is spoiled, unreasonable, lawless... She's pretending!!!'

Fu Xinghe's eyes widened slightly in surprise.

To know, pretending for a short while is simple, pretending for a year or two isn't hard either, but this An Ning has been pretending consistently for over a decade.

And that, too, in the deep palace with no blind spots, right under the old emperor's nose.

Lu Ding turned his gaze back to An Ning.

Indeed.

Those born into powerful and noble families, which one doesn't have cunning minds?

Lu Ding silently raised his evaluation of the person before him in his heart, asking: "I heard you brought me a gift?"

An Ning turned sideways, gesturing towards the Yellow Heaven Sect demoness who came with her: "Grand Duke Lu, please look."

"This is the gift I brought for you. The Holy Maiden of the Yellow Heaven Sect's Great Jing branch, Shi Tangxue. She has repeatedly planned malicious attacks against Great Han border areas and other places, starting from Great Jing. Previously, she was also plotting a layout in the new city. If it hadn't been interrupted by a minor incident."

"Probably this time, Grand Duke Lu, you wouldn't have run into her. In fact, you would have just missed her. She went to the new city, you came to Great Jing. Taking advantage of your absence, to retaliate against the 749 Bureau under your jurisdiction in the new city, to avenge the killing of the Yellow Heaven Sect envoy by you at the Lady's Temple in the new city last time."

Shi Tangxue sharply turned her head: "You set me up!!!!"

Her heart was in shock. How did she know her identity?

Could it be Ning Xiaofan?

No!

Absolutely impossible!

If Ning Xiaofan wanted to harm me, then him saving me before would be completely unnecessary, and it would also drag himself down.

Even if Ning Xiaofan doesn't seek small gains, he must have grand schemes, but he'd have to wait for the right time. Right now, I've just come out once, haven't even contacted people within the sect yet. It's impossible for him to act now.

So it's not Ning Xiaofan.

And the matter of the Yellow Heaven Sect envoy in the new city being killed by Lu Ding being linked to her, the people who know about this are very few. Where did this An Ning find out?

Chaotic thoughts rose in an instant.

Lu Ding's kick landed in the blink of an eye.

Thud!!!

Pain interrupted her thoughts, the sound of bones breaking replaced thinking.

A suddenly raised leg kick directly slammed Shi Tangxue into the wall.

[Qi of the Ticket Wind] surged over, seizing her severely injured body from within the wall.

Lu Ding flew over and took a seat on a wooden chair.

Shi Tangxue, her mouth full of blood and filth, was wrapped by the [qi of the Ticket Wind] and thrown before him.

He raised his foot. The Sin Dragon golden seal on the red sole of his leather shoe gradually enlarged in Shi Tangxue's eyes until it heavily stomped on her face, grinding with a creaking sound.

Shi Tangxue grunted in pain from the bite.

Thump!!!!

The ground cracked open, as her head was stomped into the green bricks.

Lu Ding's voice sounded: "Quiet."

Fu Xinghe brought tea, pouring for Lu Ding and the empty seat to his left.

After finishing, he stood to the side.

Only then did Lu Ding say: "Princess An Ning, please have some tea."

An Ning moved, taking her seat with dignified manners: "Thank you, Grand Duke Lu."

Fu Xinghe opened his mouth to ask: "I wonder what the princess wishes to exchange for, offering such a heavy gift?"

Seeing Lu Ding accept the gift.

An Ning felt confident in her heart, thinking she now had an opportunity for equal dialogue with Lu Ding, could take advantage to test him a bit, probe his bottom line. Even if unsuccessful, she could at least get a sense of it.

So she said with a light laugh: "Why doesn't Grand Duke Lu ask personally?"

Lu Ding raised his hand, a palm wind swept out, slap!!!!

"Considering the gift, I'll give you one more chance."

An Ning was slapped to the side, her hair disheveled. When she turned her head back, blood slowly trickled from the corner of her mouth, a handprint gradually appearing on her face.

She wiped the blood from her mouth: "An Ning has a poor memory. I forgot that Secretary Fu is the Grand Duke's trusted aide. Offending the Grand Duke, offending Secretary Fu, I truly deserve to be hit."

As she spoke, she tilted her head, brushing aside the hair on the other side of her ear: "Could Grand Duke Lu please help An Ning improve her memory once more?"